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Pirates at the United Nations

KG May 25, 2018 May 25, 2018

On May 21st and 22nd, a group of five pirates from around the world visited the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the 6th Biennial High-level Meeting of the Development Cooperation Forum (DCF). This was the first meeting we attended as a designated consultative member of the ECOSOC committee. The event featured discussions from numerous prominent parliamentarians and NGO leaders. Representatives from the US Pirate Party and Pirate Party of Israel attended on behalf of Pirate Parties International Headquarters: Liz Gorski (USPP), Ohad Shem Tov (PPIL), Joe Klein (PPWI), Meg Cochran (USPP), and Keith Goldstein (PPI/PPIL). Most of the discussions at the event focused on development of the so-called …

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Call for Offers – Pirate Parties International Conference 2018

Thomas Gaul May 2, 2018 May 2, 2018

PPI Conference 2018 Pirate Parties International would like to receive offers from entities that would like to host our yearly General Assembly. Below you will find our formal requirements. The deadline for sending in the offers is 01.07.2018. The conference should take place in the 4th quarter of 2018. Completed offers as well as additional questions can be sent to the PPI board and will be published on this page. Milestones: 01.05.2018 – publishing the call for offers 01.07.2018 – deadline for applications 02.07.2018 – online conference with all offers/public offer opening. 05.07.2018 – discussion of submitted offers 07.07.2018 – begin of voting by PPI members after the offer approval …

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Eight years! – Pirate Parties International

Thomas Gaul April 17, 2018 April 17, 2018

Eight years! – Pirate Parties International What a long trip it has been since the creation of PPI eight years ago! So many people voluntereed and contributed to the development of this unique global NGO. The current board would like to acknowledge and thank everyone for their contributions and their work towards the development of PPI. Where are we at 8 years later? PPI has become a global player. We are a consultative member of the UN ECOSOC committee and an observer at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Having developed a broad network of supporters has enabled us today to broadcast information to over 20 million people. With the Think …

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Letter from the Pirate Party of Slovenia – Pirate conference and upcoming election

Raymond Johansen April 15, 2018 April 15, 2018

Hello fellow Pirates! Slovenia is holding parliamentary elections on the 27th of May or 3rd of June! There will be a referendum about the construction of a railroad line (don’t ask) just before that – on May 13th. The Pirates will naturally be running on this election. We’re poling at 3.5% (the threshold for entering the parliament is 4%) and our polling agent tells us that our biggest problem is that we have a lot of support, they’re just too passive to vote. The state of PPSI We’ve been active for 8 years. We’ve attended the 2014 EU elections (2.3%), the 2014 National elections (1.36% – we got ~80k EUR …

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Pirate Party of Europe – Congratulations

Thomas Gaul April 13, 2018 April 13, 2018

After some troublesome years for the Pirate Party of Europe good news come this year. After trying to get registered as an entity for years the efforts of the newly elected board had been rewarded. The Pirate Party of Europe is finally registered in Luxembourg. We congratulate the board for this great achievement and we are sure this has been the first succesfull step of many.

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The right to privacy in the digital age – Call for Volunteers

Thomas Gaul March 23, 2018 March 23, 2018

There is a call for papers from the UN for a report on “the right to privacy in the digital age” – Deadline: 9 April 2018. We would appreciate any assistance towards submitting a 2500 word document. Let’s crowdsource and try to make the deadline. A copy of the full call for papers is available at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/DigitalAge/Pages/ReportPrivacy.aspx Please try to think of literature or empirical examples that can be used to strengthen our arguments. It is very important that we put forward a statement on such an important topic in a formal international forum. If you are interested to volunteer with this work, please contact the board

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UPDATE: Final Preparations for PPI General Assembly Tomorrow

Bailey Lamon November 24, 2017 November 24, 2017

Hello, fellow Pirates! The PPI board has been finishing last-minute preparation for this weekend’s General Assembly, and everything is almost in place. We are very much looking forward to connecting with all of you. Through your motions and statute proposals we will make changes to the functioning of PPI itself. You will also be able to nominate anyone you like for board positions, including vice-chair and alternates. But most importantly, we will have Pirates from all over the world talking to one another, updating each other on what we are doing in our respective countries, and making plans for the future of our international union. As per the emails you …

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Press Release: Czech Pirates Celebrate Success in Parliamentary Elections

Bailey Lamon October 31, 2017 March 10, 2018

Here is the English press release about the Czech Elections from the Czech Pirate Party. It was shared by Markéta Gregorová, PPCZ’s International Coordinator who encourages us all to share far and wide, as well as re-publish on our websites. The original document can be found here: https://pad.pirati.cz/p/r.f4c24297d92282acd042249cc75e59ca The Pirates recorded a historic success. With 10.79% of the vote in elections to the lower chamber of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, they gained 22 seats out of 200 overall. They thus became the third strongest party in the Czech republic. There was already a celebratory atmosphere in the Pirates’ campaign headquarters as the vote was being counted. In his …

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Congratulations Czech Pirate Party!

KG October 23, 2017 March 10, 2018

PPI extends heartfelt congratulations to our friends at the Czech Pirate Party, who achieved a phenomenal result in the 2017 national Czech legislative elections. The Czech Pirate Party won 10.79% of the vote and is now the third largest party in the country! Pirates are a global movement, and the Czech Pirate Party has been a great contributor towards the movement. They hosted the 2012 Pirate Conference, one of the most successful Pirate conferences ever, and they are active participants in PPI GAs and events. We are honored to have PPCZ as a member, and we look forward to witnessing their future accomplishments. There is a long road ahead, and …

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ANNOUNCEMENT: PPI General Assembly 2017

Raymond Johansen October 22, 2017 October 22, 2017

Greetings Pirates and Concerned Citizens of the World We hereby announce that the second 2017 GA will be held on November 25th and 26th. Further details about the GA are outlined below. We encourage member parties to send us a list of delegates. This will be a hybrid General Assembly, meaning that the majority of participants will participate online. We look forward to seeing you all soon. == Hybrid General Assembly PPI 2017 – Geneva, Switzerland == At the last two GAs our members have, naturally, been critical because remote delegates were unable to participate properly and were essentially treated as second-class participants. PPI is a global organisation and there is simply no way we can …